Libguestfs - Apr 2019 - supermin (chroot+systemd.resolved) - network cannot be configured on Ubuntu

Hi,

I am facing the following bug while runnign guestfish on Ubuntu Bionic
onward,
where the network cannot be configured :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/supermin/+bug/1824236

The actual problem is the combination of (a) supermin and the fact that it
does chroot
and (b) a dhclient hook present in Bionic
(/etc/dhcp/dhclient-eneter-hooks.d/resolved)
that overwrites the make_resolv_conf function of dhclient_script with one
that
in the end restarts the systemd.resolved service.
Being, however in chroot, the new make_resolv_conf function fails with
"System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't
operate."
and the network is left unconfigured.

Although there is a workaround for this, I am seeking for a better solution.
I would like to ask you if this is the expected behaviour of supermin or
something
that needs fixing.

Thank you in advance.

Best,
Jo

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 10:52:40AM +0100, Ioanna Alifieraki
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am facing the following bug while runnign guestfish on Ubuntu Bionic
> onward,
> where the network cannot be configured :
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/supermin/+bug/1824236
> 
> The actual problem is the combination of (a) supermin and the fact that it
> does chroot
> and (b) a dhclient hook present in Bionic
> (/etc/dhcp/dhclient-eneter-hooks.d/resolved)
Does it work if you add this early on to appliance/init [1]:

rm -f /etc/dhcp/dhclient-eneter-hooks.d/resolved

There is no systemd in the appliance so anything that tries to run
systemd service is going to fail anyway.

Rich.

[1] https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/blob/master/appliance/init
> that overwrites the make_resolv_conf function of dhclient_script with one
> that
> in the end restarts the systemd.resolved service.
> Being, however in chroot, the new make_resolv_conf function fails with
> "System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1).
Can't
> operate."
> and the network is left unconfigured.
> 
> Although there is a workaround for this, I am seeking for a better
solution.
> I would like to ask you if this is the expected behaviour of supermin or
> something
> that needs fixing.
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> Best,
> Jo
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Hi,

Thank you very much for your suggestion.
I've tested it and it works fine.

Thanks,
Jo

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 8:53 AM Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 10:52:40AM +0100, Ioanna Alifieraki wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am facing the following bug while runnign guestfish on Ubuntu Bionic
> > onward,
> > where the network cannot be configured :
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/supermin/+bug/1824236
> >
> > The actual problem is the combination of (a) supermin and the fact
that
> it
> > does chroot
> > and (b) a dhclient hook present in Bionic
> > (/etc/dhcp/dhclient-eneter-hooks.d/resolved)
>
> Does it work if you add this early on to appliance/init [1]:
>
> rm -f /etc/dhcp/dhclient-eneter-hooks.d/resolved
>
> There is no systemd in the appliance so anything that tries to run
> systemd service is going to fail anyway.
>
> Rich.
>
> [1] https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/blob/master/appliance/init
>
> > that overwrites the make_resolv_conf function of dhclient_script with
one
> > that
> > in the end restarts the systemd.resolved service.
> > Being, however in chroot, the new make_resolv_conf function fails with
> > "System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1).
Can't
> > operate."
> > and the network is left unconfigured.
> >
> > Although there is a workaround for this, I am seeking for a better
> solution.
> > I would like to ask you if this is the expected behaviour of supermin
or
> > something
> > that needs fixing.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Best,
> > Jo
>
> > _______________________________________________
> > Libguestfs mailing list
> > Libguestfs@redhat.com
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs
>
>
> --
> Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat
> http://people.redhat.com/~rjones
> Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com
> virt-builder quickly builds VMs from scratch
> http://libguestfs.org/virt-builder.1.html
>